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Title:

Exploring Project Partnering Through an Uncommon Lens: Transactive Memory Systems
Cover of Exploring Project Partnering Through an Uncommon Lens: Transactive Memory Systems

Accession Number:

01622791

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Since its emergence in 1984, a true understanding of project partnering at its dynamics continues to remain elusive to researchers and practitioners. While significant strides have been made to deconstruct its advantages and factors attributing to successful implementation, partnering research lacks strong evidence and guidance relating to the behavioral underpinnings. Collaborative project delivery approaches (e.g., partnering and integrated project delivery) allow project teams to harness their collective knowledge, skills, and expertise while encouraging trust, yet fail to explain “why?” this occurs. This paper intends to address this dilemma by examining a conceptual model on how specialization, credibility, and coordination of the project team (i.e., owners, designers, and contractors) develops during delivery of an airport construction project. To support this idea, data were collected via an in-depth case study examining team dynamics during the partnered project delivery. The conceptual model and data are analyzed using social network analysis (SNA). Based on this, a clear link is demonstrated supporting the partnered project delivery model connecting partnering practices to changes in team interactions and performance. Furthermore, this research points out how behavioral attributes (i.e., transactive memory systems) of partnered project teams are vital to successful project delivery on airport construction projects. The overarching aim is to move the discussion from important, but, superfluous attributes towards more substantive inquires on the topic for both researchers and industry practitioners.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AFH15 Standing Committee on Project Delivery Methods.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-03465

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Sparkling, Anthony E
Mollaoglu, Sinem
Sohani, Shivam

Pagination:

23p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Construction; Transportation (General)

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-03465

Files:

PRP, TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 11:18AM